 Fotheringay (1970) [ larger cover art ] |
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The way I feel is like a robin,
Whoses birds have flown to come no more,
Like a tall oak-tree, alone and cryin',
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
Now a woman, Lord, is like a young bird,
And the tall oak-tree is a young man's heart.
Among its branches, you'll find her nesting
When the nights are cool, she is warm and dry.
In leaves of green they will protect her,
Her wings will grow, your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
Will fail to hold her, she'll fly from you.
The way I feel is like a robin,
Whoses birds have flown to come no more,
Like a tall oak-tree, alone and cryin',
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
Whoses birds have flown to come no more,
Like a tall oak-tree, alone and cryin',
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
Now a woman, Lord, is like a young bird,
And the tall oak-tree is a young man's heart.
Among its branches, you'll find her nesting
When the nights are cool, she is warm and dry.
In leaves of green they will protect her,
Her wings will grow, your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
Will fail to hold her, she'll fly from you.
The way I feel is like a robin,
Whoses birds have flown to come no more,
Like a tall oak-tree, alone and cryin',
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
| drivingunit103 (around the 4 western provinces) | Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 20:31 Lanne wrote: Did Gordon Lightfoot write the lyrics to this song? He's always the gold standard for this song, tho Fotheringay does a good cover. ...yes, yes he did,may I add their not to bad on their cover of it either.. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 14:53 Nice old song! |
| Lanne | Posted: Mar 12, 2013 - 09:43 Did Gordon Lightfoot write the lyrics to this song? He's always the gold standard for this song, tho Fotheringay does a good cover. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 10:46 Poacher wrote: Compare this 'old' folk to 'nu' folk - such as The Mumfords for instance - and it makes me wonder if there is any comparison at all. Right on! |
| calypsus_1 (East of Eden) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 17:08 Awesome! I kinda liked having this Album-LP. . DaveInVA wrote:  There is a nice live version on this LP. I will be uploading it to the LRC when I get an open slot.. |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 12:54 DaidyBoy wrote: Hello all. New visitor from the UK. Love RP and how it has opened my musical experience. Superb track - we miss so much great stuff over here. Hello neighbour! Sandy Denny has long been a great favourite of mine... 'who knows where the time goes' is on standby for my funeral, though I'll hopefully be around for a while before it gets played! However, just been reading the Clinton Heylin biography and I'm afraid she really comes across as a very insecure person, not terribly likeable, and a drunk... never a good mixture. Good song, though! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 09:07 Compare this 'old' folk to 'nu' folk - such as The Mumfords for instance - and it makes me wonder if there is any comparison at all. |
| hbs47 (SE England) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 09:06 Fotheringay were an offshoot of Fairport, Sandy Denny made the one album and a second was finnished after her death. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 12:18 Classically cool. This holds up surprisingly well over time. |
| Lichenia, (uk) | Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 03:20 Another great classic which stands the test of time |
| DaidyBoy (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 02:26 Hello all. New visitor from the UK. Love RP and how it has opened my musical experience. Superb track - we miss so much great stuff over here. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 05:46 While the connection is anything but a straight line, I see one between this nugget of a band and modern soft rockers like Great Lake Swimmers and Shearwater. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 16:23 Definitely sounds of its early Fleetwood Mac-y Jeff Airplane Fairport Convention period. But it's also timeless. Could've been produced last month. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 18:21 dont remember hearing this before. but it struck me that it is that old. i think it traveled well. |
| railroadwail (Deep in Penn's Woods) | Posted: Aug 04, 2012 - 13:22 I'm hearing "Wayfaring Stranger" in this song. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:33 R.I.P. Sandy .. you left us way too soon. |
| joe-1 (Düsseldorf, Germany) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:30 Excellent playlist juggling again with programming this after Jefferson Airplane. This is exactly why I keep on listening to Radio Paradise and Radio Paradise alone. Seriously, I hardly ever listen to classic radio anymore since I discovered this wonderful online station. Simply awesome. |
| annie_fannie (Iowa) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 19:26 cohifi wrote: yeh, too bad about the album cover Wha? I like the album cover! |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 19:23 no-one knows where they came from... CamLwalk wrote: And oh how they danced, the little children of Stonehenge. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 19:23 Poacher wrote: . . . with a two bob piece on the head to stop it skipping. . . 25 cents in my case. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 19:22 The stereo separation is Very Nice. |
| isparos9 (Venice, Italy) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 11:22 Such a great tune for the ending of a hard working day |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 19:36 agkagk wrote: Bill's got the Way Back Machine rolling: old Fleetwod Mac a few songs ago, now Fotheringay. Forty or so trips around the sun since then. How did that happen so quickly? yeh, too bad about the album cover |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 19:35 Very nice cover...That reminds me...Bill could we hear more Gordon Lightfoot? |
| agkagk (Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 18:37 Bill's got the Way Back Machine rolling: old Fleetwod Mac a few songs ago, now Fotheringay. Forty or so trips around the sun since then. How did that happen so quickly? |
| whomhow (changeable) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 10:56 FooledAgain wrote: Never heard it before. And it's aged mighty well! This is one-album side-project of Fairport Convention, with the same style and same vocalist, S. Denny. The whole album is awesome, in my opinion, it includes some better things than this track. |
| KaiT (Toronto Canada) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 10:55 FooledAgain wrote: Never heard it before. And it's aged mighty well! Maybe because its the year I was born, but I have such an affinity for music from this era. Should have been born in the 50s so I could enjoy it the first time around. I hope I've aged as well. |
| drivingunit103 (around the 4 western provinces) | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 16:52 A Gordon Lightfoot composition released in '67. |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 08:58 Mayhaps thou shalt get down and boogie, till thou canst boogie no longer. |
| FooledAgain (43°40'N 79°20'W) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 08:57 Never heard it before. And it's aged mighty well! |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 08:56 bobringer wrote: Out of left field... I'd love to here Zero 7 cover this. Definitely! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 08:55 ianmoff wrote: Superb!! I used to play it on a Garrard 301/SME with the ubiquitous Shure v15 . . . with a two bob piece on the head to stop it skipping. . . |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 08:55 There is a nice live version on this LP. I will be uploading it to the LRC when I get an open slot.. |
| Ears_of_Stone (Crushed under the hooves of the herd) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 08:54 I just logged on to give this a 10. Yes, a 10. It improves my mood. |
| Centabor | Posted: Nov 24, 2011 - 23:36 Well...upon hearing this for the very first time..... Kinda causes me to wonder where I've been all my life... Oh well...bee a goodin. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 14:57 Romeo, you better be dancing. |
| mediamarv (Sebastopol, CA) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 14:29 Love this song.... reminds me to get out all my old vinyl and play the Fotheringay, Sandy Denny and others from this era. I think this is the definitive version of this song. I like Lightfoot's version but this one is timeless. IMHO. |
| drewd | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 14:28 CamLwalk wrote: And oh how they danced, the little children of Stonehenge. Stonehenge was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf !!!! |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 14:27 I never get tired of this one..... |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 08:59 And oh how they danced, the little children of Stonehenge. |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 00:52 Forever OUTSTANDING. |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 00:51 Cool... |
| 67nj (Ravenna, Italy) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 10:48 perfection |
| gdufour | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 10:32 Nice job of delivering another one from obscurity, Bill, very nice! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 10:30 Everytime I hear this I like it more. I think I'll need to up the score 9>10. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 10:29 bobringer wrote: Out of left field... I'd love to here Zero 7 cover this. This is really nice... never heard of these guys and I thought I heard it all... That would be awesome! |
| zivko (toronto canada) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 15:25 sounds remarably like gordon lightfoot singimg the original |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 07:45 I have never heard this band before. I love their sound, thank you! |
| dead_flowers (Madison, NJ) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 07:40 sounds excellent, I had never heard of this - reminds me of Jethro Tull of course... |
| Theus | Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 02:08 godlike song |